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glomus

glomus, a clew, ball made by winding

glŏmus (glōm-, Lucr. 1, 360; v. Lachm.), ĕris, n. [for glob-mus, kindr. with globus], a ball or clue of yarn, thread, etc. (very rare).
  • I In gen.: lanae, Lucr. 1, 360 (v. Lachm. ad h. l.); Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 14: lini, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 91: staminis albi, Scrib. Comp. 142.—
  • II In partic.: glomus in sacris crustulum cymbi figura ex oleo coctum appellatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll. (in Cato and Varro globus).

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